[USML Announce] Congrats To The Winners

[Brad Jansen]

Hats off to Berliners, as well as to the Daddies and Klein 9, for making the
last few weeks more fun and interesting than I think most of us thought
they'd be.  OK.  Time for bed.  Now where's that darn Prospect Planning,
2008 Ed. ?

On 9/30/07, jhwinick at aol.com <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:
>
> There is an alternate site for AOL users that has the final stats.  Mark
> is right - Final Standings are Berliners, Hoosiers, Klein Nine, Republicans,
> Bombers.  But it was ridiculously tight for first place.  93.5 - 93.0.
>
> Rick thought he needed three things to happen to pull out a last second
> victory.  Who would believe he'd get them all and still wouldn't win!! (GOP
> passes me in BA, Rick passes Blocker in BA, and Rick puts up 5!! stolen
> bases).  What Rick hadn't accounted for was Aaron Laffey.  Who's Aaron
> Laffey, you say.  Mr. Laffey is a 22 year old rookie who, along with the
> valient Cleveland bullpen, pitched both the Cleveland Indians and the Win
> Ick Ben Ein Berliners to victory.  The Indians have been grooming Mr. Laffey
> for the last few years in the minor league system.  The Berliners picked him
> up out of the free agent pool at 12:00 noon yesterday.  Just goes to show
> that its never over till its over.
>
> My congratuations to Rick on a great season.  I expect Rick to be a force
> to be reckoned with next year as well.  To anyone who has second guessed
> Rick's decision to hold onto Curtis Granderson (and I, admittedly was among
> them), guess again.  3 stolen bases on the final day of the season were
> nearly enough to single handedly deliver the Damon to Rick.  And rumor
> has it that the offers for Curtis Granderson weren't exactly the sort you
> simply can't refuse.
>
> And, of course, kudos to Mark Blocker who managed to again successfully
> pull off the Drive for Five.  I don't know how he does it, but you've got to
> admit....nobody does it better.
>
> To Mr. Kerber - let's meet for lunch.  I want that Damon on my mantle asap
> since its definitely going to someone else next year.
>
> Have a great offseason everyone.  Given the fact that I'm headed into the
> draft with two dead players, I'm already looking to deal.  There's still
> some interesting players on the Berliners roster - starting with a pitcher
> by the name of Vasquez.  Any Sox fans out there?
>
> Jeff Winick
> 2007 USML CHAMPION
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